Nostalgic Muse

Blue & White Pencil Drawing of Woman Seated

Blue & White Vase with Flowers & Bird Pencil Sketch

Time is passing very quickly, as our college exhibition draws ever closer.  One of the projects I've been working on lately is an editorial piece about Self Identity.  This post, shows my working process, she's the embodiment of my nostalgic muse, surrounded by some of the things I love. This was an assignment for a live review with Lilla Rogers and Janine Vangool from Uppercase Magazine on the MATS B  course that I've begun to study.  It's up in an online gallery alongside some fantastic pieces by other Illustrators: http://makeartthatsells.com/galleries/mats-b-self-paced/mats-b-live-review-april-2016/page/2

Sketchbook Drawings of Jane Austen Style Shoes

While I'm waiting for some new paint to arrive, before I can finish my 'Woodland Animal' series, I thought I'd begin work on my next project.  It's all beginning in my sketch book, with a collection of twelve Georgian Shoes.  Come back soon to see how things develop.

Woodland Animal Paintings & Experiments in Colour Palettes

Historical Regency Costume, Animals in Clothes, Georgian Clothes, Mixed Media

Historical Regency Costume, Animals in Clothes, Georgian Clothes, Mixed Media

Watercolour Paint for Childrens Book Illustration of Forest Creatures

Having finished my essay… at last, I can start to concentrate on getting creative again. Only a few weeks to go now, until our 2nd Year degree exhibition, slight panic! I started developing my anthropomorphic ‘Woodland Animal’ series, by just tentatively trying out colour palettes. There are six all together and I’ve just got some finishing touches and the characters to paint now. Hopefully they will come together once I’ve finished, but I guess it’s been an amazing learning curve whatever the end result. I’ll be posting the finished paintings here, hopefully very soon.

1920’s Flapper Girls and Colouring Books

Vintage Fashion Glamour Girl Portrait in Watercolour Paint

Vintage Fashion Glamour Girl Portrait in Watercolour Paint

Vintage Fashion Glamour Girl Portrait in Watercolour Paint

Vintage Fashion Glamour Girl Portrait in Watercolour

Hello Everybody and Happy March, I'm so glad spring is finally here.  I've been busy preparing for an end of year exhibition sometime in June, although we haven't decided on the exact date of it yet. It’s the final module in my FdA in Illustration and there's plenty to keep me busy. I've also started an online class with Art Agent Lilla Rogers called MATS Bootcamp.  There's one preparation mini which leads into the main assignment each month.  This is my work towards our first assignment which is  to design a colouring book cover using 1920’s iconography and portraiture.  I've decided to use it towards my FdA exhibition, the top sketch is a rough draft of my colouring book cover, I must admit it's been a lot of fun.  I'll post the finished design in the coming weeks, but meanwhile you check out some information about the course here: http://makeartthatsells.com

Anthropomorphic Watercolour Paintings completed...

Lord Lionheart is completed, he was challenging and there was a moment that I thought I would have to start again, but nevertheless he was fun to do.  I am falling more in love with watercolours the more I paint with them, it's such a learning curve but I just love the magic that happens when they're left to do their own thing.  All in all it's been a super busy week, but my three paintings for Thursday's assessment are completed... phew!  I have also included a little montage of my sketches some of which may become future final pieces, so watch this space!